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Category: Coasts

Scilly’s Lost Land

2nd March 2022 Sandra

Sea level around Britain is constantly changing, not just with the daily fluctuations in tide.  The current trend is for…

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Posted in: Coasts, Scilly Isles, South West Filed under: coast, Ennor, Lyonnesse, Scilly Isles, sea level

Scilly’s Sparkling Seas

19th January 2022 Sandra

Last week we saw how Scilly’s fresh clean air encourages the growth of lichen, (and no doubt is beneficial to…

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Posted in: Coasts, Scilly Isles, South West Filed under: beach, Cita, coast, pollution, river, sea, shipwreck, Torrey Canyon

Stopping the Slide

20th October 2021 Sandra

The cliffs at Overstrand were already protected with a timber revetment, to take the force out of the waves, and…

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Posted in: Coasts, East Filed under: cliffs, landslide, riprap, rock armour

Sliding into the Sea

13th October 2021 Sandra

In January 1994, a landslide adjacent to Clifton Way, Overstrand took out the coast road, as the cliff edge moved…

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Posted in: Coasts, East Filed under: cliffs, landslide, slopes

The Price of a Sea View

6th October 2021 Sandra

The cliffs at Overstrand are easily washed away by the sea. Historic maps show that the cliff edge moved inland…

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Posted in: Coasts, East Filed under: cliffs, groyne, maps, revetment

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